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Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
1. Mali – Bamako
Mali ex-intelligence chief sentenced to prison for plotting coup
A court sentenced Mali's former head of domestic intelligence to 15 years in prison for "conspiracy against the government", following a ten-day trial in which he openly accused the ruling junta of corruption.
Colonel Kassoum Goita, the country's ex-head of internal security, was charged on suspicion of attempting a coup and destabilising state institutions.
2.     South Afrika- Pan Afrikan Parliament
President Ramaphosa to address First Session of the Seventh Pan-African Parliament…
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